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When do you split wood? pole!

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by Pallet Pete, Dec 20, 2013.

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When do you split

  1. Spring

    30.9%
  2. Summer

    10.9%
  3. Fall

    18.2%
  4. Winter

    18.2%
  5. As you have time

    30.9%
  6. Year round

    45.5%
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  1. raybonz

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  2. Jack Straw

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    This year I can split with the new Husky instead of the Fikars, my shoulder is happy!
     
  3. SolarandWood

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    My first priority is always cutting and getting it home unless I don't have room to dump it. There is almost always splitting and stacking to do when I have time. Today is no exception:emb:
     

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  4. Paul bunion

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    My wood is primarily log loads coming from a tree service. So I do it in bulk lots. I prefer to process when it is cooler out and the damage done to my suburban yard is greatly reduced if I do it between November and March. When I get a load I spend several weekends working it till it is all stacked up. (And I'm 90% stacked on the wood that I got in mid November. One or two more days and that will be done and cleaned up.) I have a tendency to get several years ahead and then skip processing for a year or two.
     
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    OK I just have to say this.. No offense.. It's POLL not Pole! lol o_O
     
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  6. Ram1500withanaxe

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    Year round, there are times I am just too busy with work and kids travel ball, if I can sneak in 20 minutes of chopping here and there at those times, I'm happy. Now in January I will be off more so the splitter will come out in the morning when the kids go back to school, before you know it I ll have to go pick up more wood out there....
     
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    Skid trees out on the snow, to keep the logs clean, then CSS between when the snow melts and the black flies come out.
     
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    I refer you to posts #5 and #6 :D:whistle:
     
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    :confused:I missed that lol.. :emb:
     
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    I think when the boxes were on the screen you probably could have voted for multiple options but once you look at the poll results you are locked out of further votes. Since I didn't know better, like Dex I only had one vote.
     
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    o_OHoly wood!
     
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    I try to do everything I can when there are no bugs now. But sometimes I have to do it when I have time. If I have anything to say about it I am going to have all of next years cut and split by end of January. Probably won't get it all stacked till March though. Depends how much snow we get.
     
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    Lol....Get over it....Redneck here and don't care...Actually noticed but thought it was funny....:)
     
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    Do you use the animals in your avatar to do the skidding? (A picture of the operation is required regardless :)).

    The guy that I get logs from has a crane. I can definitely appreciate the 'clean' aspect of it.
     
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    Cold be poal.
    Can't be pool but could be pol
    pole is nice,
    poll works too

    Nice thing about being a hillbilly , they all sound fine.
    MR Ducks,
    MR Not,
    SAR,CM Wangs,
    LIB, MR Ducks :rofl: :lol:
     
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    Lol...Off the wall but pretty much true....:)
     
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    Anytime between 20* and 80*. And years like last one when I have 15 cords of rounds piled in the yard any dang time I can make myself. Now next year I have to turn the 12 cords in the pile into stacks plus hopefully cut/haul/split 5-10 more cords. when I get to 30-40 cords I might slack off a bit.:axe:
     
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    Pics. Or your making that chit up! :D
     
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    If you wants pics of the ugly pile 6' high 12' wide and 35' feet long I'll be happy to get some if it stops poring rain.:(

    There is a good reason I bought the MS460 and the new splitter last year. :tree:
     
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    No. That's okay. You can wait till it's sunny outside. We want to be able to see it well!
     
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